He said to them: “You foolish fellows, you only sit here and eat nothing. Why don’t you ask me to let you suck this goat?”
The keepers of calves said: “Allow us to suck this goat.”
Hlakanyana gave the goat into their hands. While they were sucking, the goat died. [[104]]
Hlakanyana said: “You have killed my goat, the goat that I received from the boys that were tending goats, the boys that broke my pot, the pot that I received from the people who make pots, the people who broke my digging-stick, the digging-stick that I received from my companion, my companion who ate my birds and left me with the heads.”
They gave him a calf.
Hlakanyana came to the keepers of cows.
He said to them: “You only suck the cows without letting the calf suck first. Why don’t you ask me to lend you this calf, that the cows may be induced to give their milk freely?”
They said: “Lend us the calf.”
Hlakanyana permitted them to take the calf. While the calf was in their hands it died.
Hlakanyana said: “You have killed my calf, the calf that I received from the keepers of calves, the keepers of calves that killed my goat, the goat that I received from the boys that were tending goats, the boys that broke my pot, the pot that I received from the people who make pots, the people who broke my digging-stick, the digging-stick that I received [[105]]from my companion, my companion who ate my birds and left me with the heads.”